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Missed out on the Piano and a Mic show at the Paramount in Oakland. Sold out in a minute. Saw the announcement for the Oracle soon thereafter. I was like "I'll just catch him next time" ![]() [Edited 5/10/16 16:03pm] Beats beats beats: https://chrisp.bandcamp.c...m/17th-day
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Oh gosh, I can totally relate BBC REPORTS: Prince Rogers Nelson, singer and superstar, dies aged 57 at Paisley Park.I was stunned. In complete and utter denial. I said out loud NO. That can't be? I looked up at the ceiling, took a deep cleansing breath and looked again. It read exactly the same. I said aloud, NO. PRINCE NO! My heart folded with deep sadness as the tears fell down my face unto my uniform. After a few moments, I wiped off my tears and sighed. Just before I headed out onto the floor to work, I had a brief memory of a certain purple promise I made to myself one amazing evening in 1984. That promise I made years ago that I never regretted, now turned into a promise I deeply regretted. After all these years as a loyal Prince fan, how could I keep such a promise to reframe attending any of his future concerts? This was absurd. I was ABSURD! And now my Prince is gone to heaven and I'll never have that chance to see him perform "LIVE" giving us his all on stage again! What cruel cruel brokenhearted reality. I took another deep breath. "Let the doves fly and let the purple rain fall." RIP dear sweet Prince, I said. And with that, ready or not, I opened the locker room door, walked out onto the floor to obtain my assignment. "So here I sit in my lonely room
Lookin' for my sunshine But all I've got is two cigarettes And this broken heart of mine So let the rain come down Let the rain come down Let the rain come down, down" | |
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That's exactly what I said From now on, 4 U I shall be wild 💜 | |
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I saw Prince live just twice; 23 years apart and on two different continents. I am lucky in that I actually DID get that 'one more time' concert that you mention in your OP. There was something perfect about it - it was in my closest city just 18 miles from my home, and it was on my birthday (May 17th 2014). My wife bought the tickets as a present. He was far better the second time around and I was so happy that night that I had got to see Prince 'one more time.'
I replied to this specific post because of what you said - 'Strangely, I really can't remember the concert. I just remember that it was good.' I've always found that the very best concerts I've been to, I remember just small flashes of moments. I rarely remember more than about half of the playlist, and it's because, for me at least, in the best gigs I get so swept up in the overall feeling of the event that playlist details and such don't register. That last show I saw, I remember his guitar playing was on FIRE that night, and that his voice was crystal clear and amazing. I remember the woman we talked to sitting infront of us, who had terrible problems with social anxiety and large crowds, but had braved it all to come to her first ever live show.... at the age of 40!!!!
I don't remember what he played in what order, and the two and a half hours seemed to fly by in about 10 minutes. Like you, what I DO remember is that it was good.... no great.
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Thanks to this place and lucky break that I was nearby I saw him for the last time in 2014 at Sheperds Bush Empire. Glad for that now!
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Most definetly, worst "Party Poop" moment ever. Life Matters | |
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